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Summary: Best book on effective network techiques on the market!
Review: I found the latest Harvey MacKay book to be a great read. Everyone should understand that networking is not just important and effective in sales and business, but in life!
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Summary: Very good book Mr. MacKay
Review: I have been a fan of Harvey MacKay since I read Swim with the Sharks. With so many business books out there, it's great to see one written by someone who has actually been and is in the trenches and thereby speaks from experience.Add this one to your library. It's outstanding.
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Summary: Mackay demystifies networking
Review: I instruct professionals in developing their networking skills and I give Dig Your Well...my highest recommendation. It is practical, readable and relevant for anyone who has discovered the importance of knowing the right people to accomplish any job. Networking is not rocket science, yet some authors would have us think that we require mystical abilities in order to accomplish our networking goals. Mackay, on the other hand, lays out a game plan for you. He tells you exactly who you need to know and what to do once your rolodex is full.
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Summary: This Book Helps You Generate Pro-Action!
Review: I just finished Harvey's latest book about 3 hours ago and let me tell you what I have already set out to do. I signed up for a computer training course for Office '97, I sent in a volunteer application for an area hospice (public relations work), I am attending a Media Studies reception in Manhattan in one week. (If you haven't guessed by now I am in the media business here in New York City), and I am planning on cleaning up my Rolodex per Harvey's suggestions. This book has more dog ears then a vet's office!. If you are looking for some guidance and a little kick in the ass to your career or you just need some motivation - buy this book. It will help you and it will give you numerous ideas about how to network, meet and greet people and literally take charge of your future. One quick story. Ironically, also today, I attended a Dun & Bradstreet Coaching Seminar: How to be an Effective Leader. Although the instructor was jazzed and pumped up, I left a little empty without too many applicable ideas. I read Harvey's book in two days and came away with about 12 ideas that can be implemented immediately. And as I mentioned, I implemented three and are working on another. Thanks Harvey.
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Summary: A well rounded reinforcement of what you probably know...
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and believe, at least for me, that it is truly the only networking book I'll ever need. The stories are relevant analogies which add to the author's message.With that said, most of what is covered are common sense ways of networking, which I found to be the underlying message of the book - "treat others with dignity and respect, show genuine concern in them, their careers, and their families, and stay in touch." Apply these simple concepts and you will have all the contacts you will ever need. There are some unique networking approaches Harvey shares with the reader. Those are worth the price of the book alone. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others based on my belief that it serves as reinforcement of what most of us really know.
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Summary: Networking the Mackay way is a 2,000 percent solution.
Review: I was brought up to analyze and make decisions; unfortunately not to always have an open mind. Mr. Mackay reminds us that every one is special. He uses example after example of people he meets who become important to him or someone he knows later on in his life. Every one is a gem; some are precious now and the semi-precious now may become precious later. The more I thought about this book, the more I realized there is a process here for meeting, learning, identifying, cataloging, communicating and recalling. It is very much like a business process. Mr. Mackay has avoided many of the most common "stalls" that keep people from making progress. He has mastered the art of communication. He does not let bureaucracy get in the way of knowing or contacting others. He ignores The Unattractiveness Stall and gets to know anyone, anywhere. He avoids The Misconception Stall by keeping an open mind. And, by doing all of the above, he has avoided The Procrastination Stall because he always knows who to call for what to get help at any hour! Networking the Mackay way is a 2,000 percent solution! (A 2,000 percent solution helps to achieve 20 times the benefit, do so in 1/20th the time or at 1/20th the cost).
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Summary: Networking doesn't mean using people!
Review: I was taught to be a self-reliant individual and I always despised those who go out to meet people for personal gains, which mocks the merit-based system. The book (I actually purchased the audiobook) woke me up from the illusion that networking is solely for the purpose of selfish advancement. In reality, we all have a network, which includes immediate family members to a neighborhood storeclerks; to ignore the network is to ignore an inherent aspect of an individual. Mackay offers excellent suggestions in increasing and maintaining a network, and what we make of the network is up to us.
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Summary: Networking
Review: I wish I had learned to network when I was 10 years old. This book opened my eyes and taught me something important about people. This world would be a better place if we all networked the way Harvey Mackay describes in this book.
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Summary: A Yarn
Review: I've read and own several books by Harvey Mackay. I personally think he is a good writer and extremely streetsmart, though I am not so sure if he'd survive in Asia. BUT this book, is not one of his best. This is more an autobiography of Mackay's networking than the art of networking itself. No big deal.
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Summary: a good self-help book
Review: If you want to read more self-help books but you're tired of the same old put-on-a-happy-face drivel, this may be the book for you. The main theme of the book is this: keep a list of names, addresses, and phone numbers of people you meet and stay in touch with them. Moreover, do occasional favors for them because you might someday need favors FROM them. The book is interesting. It is liberally dosed with anecdotes and second-person pronouns--two factors which help greatly in making a book interesting. However, I'm ashamed that I haven't put the book into better practice. In response to the book, I made an e-mail mailing list of people whom I know and sent them an annual newsletter--except that I skipped last year because I didn't have anything to say. I hope you read this book, and I hope you put it into practice better than I have.
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